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Canada got the last hurrah at the Celebration of Light Saturday evening, closing the three-night event with a winning display. Canada was declared the winner of the event, with Brazil and China finishing second and third, respectively.

It’s the closest thing to Jurassic Park, a wooded bluff on the Tsawwassen First Nation lands that is home to B.C’s largest great blue heron nesting colony. Hundreds of them fly overhead like pterodactyls, distinguished by their hoarse, raucous...

VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver says he plans on encouraging the Pope to ramp up pressure on national governments across the globe to take action on climate change when he meets with the Catholic leader later this month.

When it comes to the skies overhead, it appears that orange is the new blue. Get ready for more of the apocalyptic haze as scientists warn that climate change is blazing a whole new trail for the Earth.

The smoky haze over Metro Vancouver should be blown out by winds coming in from the ocean starting late this afternoon and continuing overnight, Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Coldwells said Monday.

Ocean acidification and rising water temperatures caused by increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are changing the distribution of the world’s food fish, according to research led by scientists at the University of British Columbia...

Plastic fibres and particles in West Coast waters are being consumed and passed up the food chain by tiny marine creatures that apparently mistake them for food, according to a new study from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre. Researcher Peter...

B.C.’s forests experienced heavy carbon losses between 2003-2012, a dramatic change from the previous decade whey they were absorbing carbon, an analysis by the Sierra Club of B.C. shows. The province’s forests emitted an estimated 256 million...

Vancouver has made great strides in its effort to become the greenest city in North America by 2020, but needs to do more if it wants to hit those targets, city council was told Tuesday. In the last five years the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions...

Dozens of non-native invasive plants and animals are established in British Columbia, arriving on the wind, in nursery plants, soil and on improperly cleaned boats. Invasives are more than a nuisance, costing millions in crop losses, ruined infrastructure...

Increased transport of oil in the Salish Sea — including from the planned expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline — is putting endangered southern resident killer whales at risk of extinction from a spill, a Washington ...

Those who claim Pope Francis should keep quiet about the disastrous consequences of climate change are, in effect, trying to silence almost half the Canadian population, says a Jesuit scientist. “The Pope feels the volume needs to be turned up ...

The Canadian Coast Guard has learned from the bunker fuel leak from the grain ship Marathassa in English Bay the importance of keeping local communities informed on emergency responses, assistant commissioner Roger Girouard said Wednesday. “Cleaning...

Old prescription pills, lightbulbs, used oil, medicated creams and shampoos, batteries, laptops, mobile phones, and even vitamins. There are many items that can’t be tossed in the blue box but still need to be recycled or kept out of landfills. ...

Using DNA to track the movement of people in the past, scientists suggest our species evolved some 150,000 years ago on the plains of Africa. That was our habitat, but unlike most other animals, we were creative and used our brains to find ways to exploit...

Reports that a baby orca was spotted for the first time since its birth in February is good news, but it doesn’t mean the killer whale population is bouncing back, an orca education society said Tuesday.